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Ur* Spencer ftrentisa 16 Heokle Street T7ellesley Hills, Hass* Dear Spencer, ^v><^Sc " C\, ~x) .V Ltrs:;t vjri'.vt/'./ *; ; In line -cdth our oonversation of this afternoon, we arc enclosing excerptfron Ur, Byrnes* ncoo to no relative to the II, F, L'atson Jiillt,- "I r;found Ik*, 8m C,-Lervy to be a Je^: about 85'' years' - oid#?* He was very mart, fcoear his subject extremely well^and was. not sfraii to tall. He showed me exactly how they made their water test, and proved * to me, beyond a' doubt, that Johnson's fibre was considerably better for their requirements than aura or- Hioolet's or Corporation fibre. It seem - that in our fibre there is a large percentage of fine asbestos dost, viiieh would not only pass a 200 mesh screen, but when ub!sii'ei in mater beocmos a part thereof, turning the water to a nilly color. On careful oroaB-queetican ing I leemed that this dust, which Z shall hereafter refer to as "Floats*, adheres to the individual fibres to such an extent that in the paper machine -t&ere the -water's action Is not as severe as in the laboratory it adheres to the fibre, - thereby greatly reduo tog the strength of the finished material. In addition to this it is very apt to make small^ pasty balls or masses which, when the paper is finished, appear as white spots vhloiT iu^ve-ncr strength, in themselves. Levy stated most emphatically that these floatageause the paper machine felt to dirty very quickly, making the sheet rough, irregular, and on the whole commercially inferior. He produced shoots of paper and graphically demonstrated the point# She paper made first. Johnson's fibre is of one eolor. There are no spots or lines suoh as are seen In the Smith & Hanaler paper submitted to us. ' Ota further questioning, the faot ms hroughtout that before Johnson had put In new machinery their fibre showed up no better than ours, Zarl, it seems to me that we have In Levy's statements the cause of all efour . troubles, not anlywith paper but with brake lining and roof coating liquids v and plasties. Levy oonpllmented our fibre very highly beeanse of its laok of foreign material. He said that it was well opened and on the whole a splendid fibre with the exception of the float oontent, ; fio olalwa that ALL chrysotile -i- 5 : asbestos is slVsHne,.- ge.nade .the phsoolphthsledia;olufcioii.t^ iv jslne fibres ^-'daiauustrl^e" hie^pblntV-Bs clsimtti^ img^ itself' * 'v.iSfa .4*3v. ` . February 18*1982 * 2* .* To 16% Spencer ft*entise seven years* Ho cIkIjbb that asbestos fibre In itself is not absorptive but that in tho roofing and brake lining business it is the desire of the xasn- ufaoturer to entirely oover each and every individual fibre* sides* top* and bottaew The fibre is not parous* If the individual fibre is covered with a fine coating of floats it is not as absorptive as the entirely clean fibre* The absorptive qualities of the Johnson fibre has boon increased sore than ' 1# since the raocrml of the float oontent* wherein lies nudh food for on- tenplation in line with uhat Zksasne* requirasaanta are**^.., t v ^ v.' fife ' * vfy,- y. .... * - * - y ' ------- -- * ferred to therein* We amlt with interest your further advioe* Tours very truly* TTRHorrr asbestos cct.pcratiow H Bchre / \ f